Baby holder



D. CAGLE Feb. 1 1927.

BABY HOLDER s Sheets-Sheeti Filed July 14, ,1924

ZPOJ-a Ca fze XNVENTOR 0 av m ATTORNEY 0'. CAGLE BABY HOLDER Feb. 1 1927.

Filed July 14; 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I Tore (6557? ATTORN EY D. CAGLE BABY HOLDER Feb. 1,1927.

3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed July 14, 1924 I Zora C'ay'le',

ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 1, 1927. p I

UNITED STAT PArsNr eri-rice DORA. GAGLE, or structure, OKLAHOMA."

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' Application filed July 14, 1924. Serial 110,726,034.

My present invention has reference to a. wire providing an outer eye 3 and an inner simple, cheap and efiective'means for sup.- eye 4. To the inner 'eye there is connectedportingan infant in a comfortable upright any desired number of links 5, and through position on the seat of an automobile or the outer lipkthere is passed a substantially .5 the like. U'-s haped wire member '6. The wire mem- 60 My object is the, provision of a baby ber passes through the rear facing of the" holder for this purpose that can "be removcushion 1- and also through spaced eyes ably and adjustably attached to the, backon a button 7 substantiallysimil'ar io the .of a; seat of an automobile and which is button 2. The arms of the U-s'haped wire of such construction as to firmly brace the member are twisted upon themselves to chest and encircle the arms as well as being knot the same,- as disclosed in'the said/Fig received beneath the crotch. of an infant ure 3.. Four of'the buttons 2 carrying the foreffectively' and comfortably supporting eyes 3 are arranged u'pon the' back cushion. the infant in a seated'position in' the' auto- 1, the same being disposed in upper. and

mobile. lower pairs, both in the samelongitudinal. I With the above broadly stated objects in line. "1 I view and others which will appear as the As disclosed in Figure 8 of the drawings, nature of the invention is better understood. I tack or otherwise secure to the wooden reference is to be had-to the drawingswhich support 8 for the cushion 1 a fabric strip 9.

accompany and which form part of this The stripis designed to be passed between application. the back cushion 1 and 'the seat cushion 10 III the drawings a of the automobile, and the projecting end Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating thereof has sewed thereon a pairofbutthe application of the improvement" tons 11. r V

Figure 2is a plan view on an enlarged The holder proper comprises a body. of scale of they improvement. V Y some suitable soft fabric and is broadly Figure 3 is a sectional view taken through indicated by the numeral 12. Thebodyhas the back of an automobile seat to show the its front, at its upper edge, inwardly roundmanner in which the eye carrying buttons ed, as at 13, to provide a concavity for, the

are secured on the cushion. of the seat. neck of the infant, and likewise to provide Figure4 is a sectional view on the line atgthe upper and outercornersof the said- 4-4 of'Figure 5. body tabs 1414. The outer edges of the Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the tabs are rounded-toward the body, and the adjustable straps showing the manner in center of the body has its edges rounded which the ends'thereof are-connected. outwardly and from thence inwardly to Figure 6 is a perspective view of. one'of the bottom thereof, providing the said botthe elements constituting the bucklefor the tom with a centralreducedtab 15. The.,tab strap. v I is formed with-any desired number of pairs Figure]? is a similar view of the second of buttonholes 16 designed for engagement element of the buckle. J with the buttons 11 on the strip 9. Y Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective -Adjustably eonnected-by'means of buckles view showing the manner in which the strap to the ends of the tabs 14 there are folded forthe crotch tab is connected to'the. "rear straps 17. These straps carry eye members board of the seat; so that the same may be 18 provided with snap hooks 19' to eniage extended between the cushion of the seat with theeyes 3 on the upper. pair of ut- 9 and the back cushion therefor. tons 2. f

As disclosed most clearly in Figure 30f @On the edges of the body 12,- below the the drawings, I preferably remove thebutshoulder straps14 there may. be forme tons which are connected by the cords to but preferably I stitch, tabs 20. -The tabs the face and to the back cushion 1 of an 20 have reduced ends to which are attached automobile. In lieu of these buttons I emstraps 21 through the medium of buckies .ploy buttons, whose outer faces are con- 22. The straps 21 also carry eyes 23- pro-' caved. These buttons .are indicated by the vided'with snap hooks 24 to engage the eyes numeral 2. and through the said buttons 3 in the lower pair of buttons 2. .l 55 there is passed a substantially 8-shaped In order that the buckles 14 and :22 will supported'by the improvement, I preferably.

inflictno 'injury to the person of the infant form; the said buckles of a peculiar construct'ion, as illustrated most clearly in Fig ures 6 and 7 of the drawings, The outer' member of each of the; buckles is indicated by. the. numerali25 and is, of course, of

"metal.- The member- 25 is se mental in edge of'the member as we'll as its said plan Ebut has a central outwar y rounded extension on its curved, edge. The rounded l extension are flanged, as at 26. For distinction, the rounded extension is indicated by to be received in the eye 28 rovided by the to passvthrough any one of a series of openings in the respective straps l7 vand 2L- segmental member 32 ofthebuckle. eyes are formed on the straight end of the member 32, and between the said eyes there.

the numeral 27, and received therein is an eye 28 formed by centrally bending a wire member." The arms of the wire member are arched, as at 29, to contact with the side.

flanges 26, and the ends of the saidarms are directed toward each other, as at 30. The ends '30 aredesigned to be received the eyes 31 formed on theends of'the secg llld are upstanding teeth 33. The member 32 has its rounded edge centrally formed with a rounded extension 34 and secured thereto there is a knob or headed pin35 designed spring rod. The eye or stu 34 isdeslgned The body of the protector may and claim preferably is provided on its outer face with a pocket 36. The protector may be readily attached to the back" cushion of an automobile, and adjusted so-as to comfortably support the child on the seat and against 'the b aCk CHSlIlOII of said seat. The un- -with tabs having hooks on the outer ends thereof, of attaching means for such holder comprising each a button having a concave ber carried by, said button with its outer eye disclosed in the concave portion of the button and its other eye arranged upon theconvex portion of the button, links connected with the last mentioned eye, a substantially 'U-shaped bendable wire member on the outermost link, and a button member having spacedeyes through which the arms of the U-shaped member pass. I

'In testimony whereotl my signature;

Dom CAGLE.

outer face, an s-shaped connecting mem-f 

